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  • See waddy.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of waddy.

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Examples

  • "waddie" of the Australian aboriginal; but with these they can do quite enough damage to deter all but the reckless from visiting their chosen haunts.

    Adventures in Many Lands Various

  • Being a mile or two ahead of our party in a thick brush, I came suddenly upon three men; two ran off with the greatest speed; the third, who was older and a little lame, first threw his firestick at me, and next (seeing me still advance) a waddie, but with such agitation, that though not more than a dozen paces distant, he missed both me and my horse.

    Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales 2003

  • She sat at a table with Xavier and Jasper Fant, the skinny little waddie from upriver.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • She sat at a table with Xavier and Jasper Fant, the skinny little waddie from upriver.

    Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985

  • She sat at a table with Xavier and Jasper Fant, the skinny little waddie from upriver.

    Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985

  • She sat at a table with Xavier and Jasper Fant, the skinny little waddie from upriver.

    Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985

  • Their weapons of defence are the spear and waddie; the former is about twelve feet long, and as thick as the little finger of a man; the tea-tree supplies them with this matchless weapon; they harden one end, which is very sharply pointed, by burning and filing it with a flint prepared for the purpose.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 368, May 2, 1829 Various

  • Cytherea, an enormous waddie, which could have been wielded only by a powerful arm, nets and various instruments for fishing, in their deserted camp.

    Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830

  • These field engagements have a lot of down time, and I spent a lot of time sitting in the sand above a waddie, reading paperbacks, including

    Wired Campus 2010

  • These field engagements have a lot of down time, and I spent a lot of time sitting in the sand above a waddie, reading paperbacks, including

    Wired Campus 2010

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